The landscape of the Grand Concourse in the Bronx resembles Queens Boulevard, with a five-mile procession of middle-class apartment buildings along a wide thoroughfare of local and express lanes. Among the apartments are dozens of buildings that have Jewish features…
There is something about being a “Bronx boy” or “Bronx girl.” And that is more than enough reason why the Bronx Jewish Historical Initiative’s (BxJHI) Bronx Jewish Hall of Fame has already become a landmark event for the area. The…
Here’s the entire Bronx Jewish Hall of Fame, inducted on June 7, 2016. (L to r) BxJHI leader Marti Michael, WPIX’s Marvin Scott, Bronx Historian Lloyd Ultan, attorney and Jewish communal leader Ezra Levin, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr., author Arlene…
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On Saturday evening, April 2, 2016, the Bronx Jewish Historical Initiative was honored by Temple Beth El of City Island (Your Shul by the Sea). “For your dedicated service to the Jewish community of the Bronx. Your passion and commitment to…
The Bronx Jewish Historical Initiative was delighted to be associated with today’s performance by Avi Hoffman of the Yiddish play “Reflections of a Lost Poet: The Life and Times of Itzak Manger”, presented by The Sholem Aleichem Cultural Center. The…
On March 20, 2016, the Bronx Jewish Historical Initiative, together with the Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel of Riverdale (CSAIR), presented a screening of the rare Yiddish film, Overture to Glory, starring Moishe Oysher, one of the great celebrity cantors and…
The Bronx is deeply rooted in Jewish culture. From the beginning of the 19th century, Jewish values have permeated the story of the Bronx. This rich history has inspired the founding of the Bronx Jewish Historical Initiative (BxJHI), a program…
By LAURA COLLINSHUGHES – NOV. 10, 2015 Before he was a salesman, Willy Loman was a peddler on the Lower East Side. You won’t find any proof of that in the script of Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman,” but…
By Howard Goldin for nysportsday.com Bronx, NY—During the first week of June, a ceremony was held at the Bronx Museum on 165th Street and the Grand Concourse in which the Inaugural Class of the Bronx Jewish Hall of Fame was honored. The…
